Milk Production Response in Pakistan

Mohammad Pervez Wasim ()
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Mohammad Pervez Wasim: Staff Economist, Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.

Lahore Journal of Economics, 2005, vol. 10, issue 1, 105-121

Abstract: In third world countries, where the level of mechanization in agriculture is low, livestock rearing ismainly for draught purpose. On the other hand, the use of animals for draught purpose is low in developed countries owing to the high level of farm mechanization and the animals are mainly reared for the consumption of meatand milk. Milk production in Pakistan is an important enterprise forover five million households owning buffaloes and cattle. Supply response of livestock has been undertaken mostly in developed countries. In developing countries livestock farming is not done on a large scale basis. This study is an attempt to obtain the best estimates of the response of milk producers while making a decision about production allocation of milk in Pakistan. The main objectives of the study are: (1) to test whether Pakistani milk producers respond to price movements (2) to estimate the elasticities of production with respect to milk producers: (a) relative price (b) credit and lagged production (c) tomake a comparison of short-run and long-run price elasticities with that of developed and underdeveloped countries (d) to identify policy measures. The study is based on secondary data at the Pakistan level and covers a period of 31 years, starting from 1971-72 to 2002-03. Marc Nerlove’s (1958) partial adjustment lagged model is used for the study. The result of the analysis reveals that in the process of making the production decisions for milk production, all the variables (relative price, credit availability and lagged milkproduction) are equally important. The results of the study indicate a positive response of milk resource allocation to relative price. This means that the producers can find it possible to make adjustments on production allocation under milk through the manipulation of the price of milk and its competing products.

JEL-codes: Q11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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